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state-and-media-complicity
The narrative exposes how governments and media manipulate information and public opinion to justify and normalize the new meat industry and suppress dissent.
1 chapter across 1 book
Tender is the Flesh (2017)Gonzalo Bazterrica
Chapter 5
The chapter presents the protagonist's harrowing experience as a worker in a dystopian world where humans are bred and slaughtered for meat following a viral outbreak that made animal meat inedible. It explores his psychological torment, memories of the violent societal transition, and the euphemistic language used to dehumanize the victims and normalize cannibalism. The narrative reveals the systemic cruelty, societal complicity, and the protagonist's internal conflict in a world that has institutionalized human consumption.